Imad Mughniyeh, Hizbullah's supreme commander and chief of operations, was killed in the heart of the Syrian capital when a bomb under the seat of his car exploded, apparently detonated by remote control. Hizballah accused Israel of the assassination, but Damascus -- embarrassed as it was when Israel cut through its air defenses last September -- merely reported the incident and said it was launching an investigation. Hizballah TV, by contrast, interrupted its broadcasts Wednesday to announce his death. Its leaders are reportedly conferring in Beirut on how to retaliate. A higher regimen of security has been imposed at Israeli embassies and Jewish centers around the world. |
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